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have not been able to ascertain if thivse insects are winged. In 

 Phalcria cadaverina tliere are only the rudiments of wings. Tlie two 

 species were kindly pi-esentod to mo l)y Ai-fbur Adams, Ks(j. 



Einypsdra Adamsii. (1*1. XIX. lig. li.) 

 E. nigra; elytris, sutura nigra oxcepta, testaceis, fasciis flexuosis duabus 



rufis ornatis. 

 Hah. Mantcburia (Madiniir I3ay). 



Blacky the upper surfocc minutely and closely granulated ; antenneo 

 shorter than tbe length of tbo prothorax, pale at the base ; scutcllum 

 broadly triangular ; elytra testaceous, except the black suture and two 

 broad waved reddish bands; body beneath and legs dark chestnut- 

 brown. Length 3 lines. 



Fig. 2a represents the fore tarsus, and fig. 26 the antennce. 



EhnyjQsara Jlexuosa. 



E. testacea ; capite supra nigro ; elytris lineis flexuosis nigro notatis. 



Hab. Mantcburia (Oo-oo Bay). 



Testaceous, the upper surface minutely and closely granulated ; head 

 black above ; antennse darker at the tips, longer than the length of the 

 prothorax ; scutellum triangular ; elytra with two series of irregular 

 patches, forming two imperfect bands, more brownish testaceous than 

 the rest, and bordered more or less with dark-brown or black wavy 

 lines ; body beneath and legs yellowish testaceous, the spurs of the 

 tibia? and claws black. Length 2\ lines. 



Pterohelceus* pruinosus. 

 P. breviter ovatus, fuscus, pidvere albido tectus; elytris striato-punctatis, 



singulatim costis tribus vix elevatis instructis. 

 Hab. North Australia. 



Allied to P. piceus, Kirby, but broader, and the sides more paralUe, 

 covered with a fine uniform whitish exudation, and, under the lens, a 

 scattered greyish squamosity ; el}i;ra striate-punctate, with only three 

 very slightly raised lines on each ; body beneath reddish chestnut ; 

 antennae and legs fen'uginous. Length 9 lines. 



Pterohelceus arjomis. 

 P. ovatus, fuscus, subnitidus ; prothorace apice late emarginato ; elytris 



tenuiter lineato-punctatis, lineis subremotis. 

 Hab. South Australia. 



Ovate, blackish brown, slightly nitid; head very finely punctured; 

 antennae and palpi ferruginous;, prothorax nearly impunctate, very 

 short, broadly emarginate at the apex, the posterior angles slightly 



* De Breme, Essai Monog. et Iconog. de la Tribu dcs Cossvphides, p. 27 : 

 Lacordaire, Gen. v. p. 340. 



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